Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11
WOMEN AND ACTORS.
An Unutfersb!y Silly Glass OF New Ysik
FemInindty-The Modus 0persndi
of q Handsome Dramatic Washer.
Sons OF the Absurdities Psrpetrated By
worshippers OF rho Popular Leading
Men-rhs Champion English Boxer.

much se limitations OF the more noted Of
his brethren by clever mimics. The sen
sation OF weeks time recently. ssys the
New York San, WAS Ned Henley's imits-
ton Of Mr.. KYrle Bellows manner when
he met an impressionable girl for the
first time. Bellew is poser and q
mssher, with long and carefully arranged
iron. gray ringlets and effeHinate face, =
dainty figure, and manner of gentle and
abashed romanticism The stories Of his
conquests both here and in London are
innumeraole. At an evening party not
long since, where there were q number
Of professional people, Mr. Henley vol
unteered to give an imitation of Belle VS.
methods.
Mrs. George Drew-Bsrrymore played
the role Of the impressionable young girl.
She entered the room timidly after q
slight knock, and discovered Henley, who
was Initiating Bellew, sitting in an atti-
tude of deep detection in the corner Of 8
large sofa. He looked at her moment
in intense and bitter silence, and then,
shaking his head quickly over his left
shoulder, dashed mythical tear from
his solemn eye and trembled with visible
emotion. Then, rising suddenly, he strobe
toward the visitor, took her hand gently
in both of his, and led her toward chair
The chsir was artfully placed near
the piano stool. After the visitor
bad seated hersef the fictitious
Kyrle BslleW stood with dropping shoul-
ders, clasped hands and bent head in
front of her and gazed yearniugly and
searchingIy at her eyes. The intensity o.
ba ma m Ian
Still, not word was spoken. Then the
twice, rumpled his hair with 8 gesture OF
feverish misery, and suddenly throwing
himself onto piano stool, hammered
cut four minor chords in loud succession
on the piano. Then he turned with 8
Wild and despairing look while the notes
still rang through the room, peeped into
The girls eyes sud, falling forward with
his head on bis arms, moaned In heart
broken tones:
"My Gswd! How beautiful you are.
You have ruined my LIFE"
In giving this explanation Of Mr.. Bel
laws methods, toe Sun violates no conf
depce, for Mr.. Henley has been giving his
limitations about town generally. There
has been widespread desire on the part
Of the public to know how Mr. Bellew
created such havoc among femSle hearts.
There is no doubt OF his success at it.
Women stare longiDgly after him as he
passes them in the street, and he is often
followed home from the matinee3 by
groups of more or less silly but deeply
impressed women.
One of the msst notable incidents in
the history Of the lighter sections Of the
town concerns RelleW. Il as the occa-
sion OF his last matinee in New York, 3
day or so before he sailed for EaglArd.
The Walleok Company was playing at
Days Theatre in The Romance of & Poor
Young Man. When the performance was
over, and. the actors started to leave
through the stage door on Fifth avenue,
it was discovered that they were beseiged
by throng Of $50 or 200 women, who
were pressing on the door, yearning for
s fnsl gaze at their idol. Mr. Bellew is
not so easily absshed, but this was too
much f1r him. He started out, and, as
the women pressed eagerly forward peer
ing into his face, he turned on his heel
aud went into the theater again. mes
sepger was dispatched for a cab, and,
after L long wait, Mr.. BelleW started cut
egain. Most of the women were still
there, though few OF the mere sensitive
had left, owing to toe jeering of the
crowd who had assembled to observe the
extraordinary spectacle. The women
were sill well dressed, and most Of them
were apparently ladies. They seemed
utterly Indifferent to the jeers and jibes
of the multitude, but looked almost tear-
fully st the actor as he hurried to the Gao
and pulled down the blinds. Then they
dispersed slowly, looking sorrowful but
not ashamed.
Mr. John Drew is in no sense q mash
er. He is one of the gentlemen OF the
stage, and in public man Of careful
breeding. Daly's Leading men are all
more or less shy Of publicity, and they
are seldom on parade, although the COM
pact and athletic figure Of Mr.. Otis Skin
ner is rather familiar on Fifth avenue.
Mr.. Skinner is an athlete and q man OF
varied accomplishments. Like Mr..
Drew, be wears quiet clothes and avoids
notoriety.
The actor who wears more clothes than
any other In New York is Mr.. Herbert
Keicey of The Lyceum theater. His hand
some face and stalwart figure are con-
stsntly seen on Broadway in the al
ternooD, and he haslas much of reputs-
ton as the late Henry Montague for
physical points. He is sturdy and
straightforward sort of an Euglishmap,
who believes it Is the proper thing to sp-
pear in several suits of clothes every day,
and he takes exercise enough to satisfy 3
prize fighter training for a mill. Kelley
mas done goUd deal of training in his
time, and is rather clever with the gloves.
His pockets are constantly stuffed with
letters from horde~of impressionable
females who spend vast amount of ink
and labor in their efforts to increase the
bump of vanity of The New York leading
men.
Mr.. Robert Hllliard is another of the
actors whose looks go long way toward
making taeir fortunes. He is more-pop--
uIar with men than with women, and, in
this. respect, he is unlike most of the,
leading men. His acquaintance in New
York Is very large, as be is native, and
he Is forever playing ball pool, billiards.
or other matches, getting tangled mp in
legerdemain tricks, or losing himself in
enthusiastic admiration of feets of
strength. He is probably the best swim
mer in the profession. The letter-wrlters
have apparently got hold Of Mr.. billiard,
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